This book, intended as a reference guide for conservators, restorers, art historians and archaeologists, describes the various phases of the working of stone and follows the basic techniques and some of the most used variants. Using a serious of stone monuments of different types and eras as illustrations, both the techniques and the ways of recording them are demonstrated. This book provides anyone who has an interest in looking at works of art in stone with a means of understanding the techniques which went into their making.
- ISBN13 9780521413329
- Publish Date 10 February 1994
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 11 March 1998
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Cambridge University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 329
- Language English